Gunduwa Regional Conservation Association WA

Gunduwa Regional Conservation Association

COLLABORATION ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE

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GUNDUWA ORIGINS

The Association's name (Gunduwa) is the Badimia word for the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Echidnas are considered very sacred in Badimia culture. The hands depicted in the GRCA logo represent the important nurturing role that people have in caring for the natural environment of the region.

The Gunduwa Regional Conservation Association (GRCA / Gunduwa) was formed in 2012 as a community-based incorporated association – established to support biodiversity conservation and sustainability initiatives in the Gunduwa region. Gunduwa’s formation was recommended as a condition in the WA Government Ministerial Statement (#753) which documented the conditions required to offset environmental impacts of new mining developments at Mount Gibson in the heart of the Gunduwa region.

Since its formation, the GRCA has catalysed and supported organisations and individuals working on conservation initiatives in the region to plan and implement a host of conservation activities. (See PROJECTS tab).

GUNDUWA
REGION

The Gunduwa region encompasses parts of the biodiversity-rich Northern Avon Wheatbelt and Southern Yalgoo IBRA bioregions "generally focusing on a 2,600,000 ha area between Morawa and Beacon, and Wubin to Paynes Find". (As defined in the Ministerial Statement 753). (See map).

The heart of the Gunduwa region contains part of the botanical transitional zone between the woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt and the expansive mulga zone of the semi-arid interior. It is rich in natural diversity with many significant ecosystems including woodlands, shrublands, salt lakes, and the banded iron and greenstone hills of the surrounding rangelands.

APPLICATIONS NOW WELCOMED FOR GUNDUWA FUNDING

The Gunduwa Regional Conservation Association invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) and Applications for funding to support biodiversity conservation and sustainability projects in the Gunduwa region.
Applicants should contact the GRCA Business Manager (info@gunduwa.org.au) to ask for a EOI form or Application form to submit to the GRCA Management Committee for consideration.

Potential applicants interested in submitting an Expression of Interest will need to consider the following information:

Project title and details about the project you would like funded.
Who would be involved in the project (Key personnel, organisations).
Engagement/Consultation with Traditional Owners.
How the project aligns with the GRCA Mission and Priority Conservation Targets (See GRCA Prospectus tab below).
Project Objectives and planned Outcomes.
How the project will benefit biodiversity conservation and sustainability in the Gunduwa region.
Amount of funding being sought (budget).

INNOVATION &
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Gunduwa aims to invest effort and financial resources in innovative and collaborative projects which enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainability outcomes across the region.
Click on the tabs below to view the GRCA Prospectus and details about the excellent range of projects funded by GRCA since 2014.

VIEW OUR PROSPECTUS BROWSE OUR PROJECTS

OUR PARTNERS

Thanks to the following groups and organisations for their invaluable support in assisting with the formation and continuing development of Gunduwa.

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